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A B C D E F G H I J
K L M N O P Q R S T
U V W X Y Z Biographies
September 2014 Directory STS Annual Meeting
Workshop Site visit Meeting
Adam Daniow
Montreal, QC, CAN
Biography
Amalia Zimmerman-Lommel
Azimmerman@andrew-
Williamson.com
+1 619-977-2066
San Diego, California, USA
Biography
Andy Malolepszy
+1 514.815.6370
Montreal West, QC, CAN
Biography
Aurelia Roman
Montreal, QC, CAN
Biography
Bénédicte Monroe
+1 514.341.3261
Mont Royal, QC, CAN
Biography
Benny Corvers
Holsbeek, Vlaams-Brabant, BE
Biography
Bernard Mohr
Portland, ME, USA
Biography
Bert Painter
Bowen Island, BC, CAN
Biography
Betsy Merck
Oakland, Ca. USA
Biography
Brandy Jugandi
Montreal, QC, CAN
Biography
Carlye Watson
+1 514.807.2203
Verdun, QC, CAN
Biography
Carolyn Ordowich
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Catalina Barbarosie
Montreal, QC, CAN
Biography
Chantal Boutin
Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
Biography
Colin Robertson
Montreal, QC, CAN
Biografy
Dana Vocisano
Montreal, QC, CAN
Biography
David Roitman
Florence, MA, USA
Biography
Dena Duijkers
+1 514 219-6897
Montreal, QC, CAN
Biography
Don De Guerre
+1 514.214.1692
Montreal, QC, CAN
Biography
Doug Austrom
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Biography
Doug Gamble
Maryville, TN, USA
Biography
Eli Berniker
Puyallup, Washington, USA
Biography
Elise Saint-Aubin
Montreal, QC, CAN
Biography
PechaKucha
Eric-Hans Kramer
Zoetermeer, Zuid Holland, NL
Biography
Erik Nicholson
+1 206.255.5774
Tacoma, WA, USA
Biography
Ezra Dessers
Leuven, Vlaams Braant, BE
Biography
Fode Beaudet
Ottawa, ON, CAN
Biography
Friso Van der Meulen
TNO
Leiden, ZH,NL
Biography
Geert Van Hootegem
ven.be
Leuven, Vlaams Braant, BE
Biography
Hakim Benichou
be
Leuven, Vlaams Braant, BE
Biography
Héctor Cadena
514.803.5357
Montreal, QC, CAN
Biography
Helen Maupin
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
Biography
Ike Overdiep
3161.058.4595
Amsterdam, N-Holland, NL
Biography
Indira Trejo
Tacoma, WA, USA
Biography
Jac Christis
003.150.595.2133
Groningen, Groningen, NL
Biography
Jacinthe Bergevin
Montréal, QC, CAN
Biography
James Lapalme
St-Remi, QC, CAN
Biography
Jamie Padilla
+1 661.993.0993
Tacoma, WA, USA
Biography
Jean Fuller
Montreal, QC, CAN
Biography
Jean Neumann
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London, UK
Biography
Jean-Philippe Bouchard
Stukely-Sud, QC, CAN
Biography
PechaKucha
Joe Martinez
+1 206.850.4780
Spanaway, WA, USA
Biography
Joe Norton
+1 404-790-1667
Mableton, GA 30126 USA
Biography
Josée Blaquière
St-Armand, QC, CAN
Biography
Karin Kloppenburg
Montreal, QC, CAN
Biography
Kevin Boyle
+1 541 754 4012
Corvallis, OR, USA
Biography
Khurshida Mambetova
Montreal, QC, CAN
Biography
Kristin Cobble
+1 415-310-6400
San Francisco, CA, USA
Biography
Laura Jacobs
laura.jacobs@flanderssynergy.
be
Herent, Vlaams Braant, BE
Biography
Marcela Urteaga
514.677.7143
Montreal, QC, CAN
Biography
Mark Govers [email protected]
31.654.638.9490
Maastricht, Limburg, NL
Biography
Michèle Leblanc
Montréal, QC, CAN
Biography
Nina Gregg
Maryville, TN, USA
Biography
Pamela Posey
Everett, WA, USA
Biography
Peter Sorenson
+1 75261-0245
Dallas, TX, USA
Biography
Peter Turgoose
Lympstone, Devon, UK
Biography
Pierre Van Amelsvoort
Leuven,Vlaams-Brabant, BE
Biography
Ray Dyck
+1 416 675 6622 x4521
Toronto, ON, CAN
Biography
Sabrina Bonfonti
+1 250.634.4738
Montreal, QC, CAN
Biography
Sam Pless
Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, BE
Biography
Seth Maenen
seth.maenen@flanderssynerg
y.be
Flanders Synergy
Heverlee, Vlaams-Brabant, BE
Biography
Solime Gaboriault
Roxboro QC, CAN
Biography
Sylvie Boermans
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BE
Biography
Tristan Kahner
Montreal, QC, CAN
Biography
Sylvie-Nuria Noguer
Montreal, QC, CAN
Biography
PechaKucha
Valérie Lanctôt-Bédard
Stukely-Sud, QC, CAN
Biography
PechaKucha
Wim Sprenger
3165.128.1894
Amsterdam, N-Holland, NL
Biography
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Adam Daniow
I was born in Montreal, Quebec, raised in Ottawa, Ontario, one of two children in a family of four. After graduating from high school, I
completed an undergraduate degree in Science at the University of Ottawa in 2008. After several years away from academia, I am currently
completing an MA in Human Systems Intervention at Concordia University in Montreal. I am currently a serving member of the Canadian
Military, as a member of the primary reserve, having recently completed twelve years of service.
Amalia
Zimmerman-Lommel
Amalia Zimmerman-Lommel is the Director of Social Responsibility and Human Resources at Andrew and Williamson Sales Co. an international
grower, shipper and distributor of fresh produce with corporate offices in San Diego, CA. Amalia is a graduate of San Diego State University,
where she completed her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Finance emphasis) and a Master of Business Administration.
Through Amalia’s leadership, Andrew & Williamson is the first company in the world to become certified under the rigorous standards of the
Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) program. She is blessed to work with a magnificent group of people that take stewardship seriously, with a goal
to serve the customer in a sustainable way and to positively impact the communities they do business in. As a result, Andrew & Williamson
recently received the first Fair Trade Certification for strawberries in the world.
Amalia resides in Chula Vista, CA with her husband Paul Lommel, Commander, United States Navy (retired) and has four children.
Andy Malolepszy
Andy is a consultant in organizational development. He guides organizations towards becoming exceptionally productive work places. His
approach encourages employee participation and fosters genuine commitment.
As a certified life coach, his 30 years of business experience has fostered an appreciation for the key components that energize people to work
at peak performance and to live meaningful lives.
Andy is on the Board of the Father Dowd Foundation and the 21st Century Catholic Community Campaign. The community organizations
support organizations that strive to enhance the quality of life and promote the independence and well-being of the Montreal English Catholic
community’s senior citizens.
Aurelia Roman
Aurelia Roman is an organizational consultant and applied social researcher with several networks. She is a PhD (c), holds a master in human
systems interventions and degrees in law and applied human sciences. She currently lives in Montreal and teaches at Concordia University
Bénédicte Monroe
Benedicte Monroe MA, M SC has been working 30 years in the vocational training area in the industry.
I am very enthusiast about Collective learning and the Agility principles in organization. I am looking for all occasions to experiment with other
keen practitioners.
I wish to get implied in various types of working environments, enterprises, networks or social organizations in order to initiate and sustain
learning and collaborative practices.
I believe in the fertility of interaction and of mutual assistance in a spirit of reciprocity.
Beyond strict technological or economic progress, I believe that Reel Progress is based on developing abilities to live and thrive together, with
large opening to diversity.
Benny Corvers
Benny Corvers is owner and co-founder of Prepared Mind, a European consultancy focused on Total Workplace Innovation. He has a
background in strategy, management and advisory services with enterprise services organizations. His current focus is on organization design
and change management. Benny studied theoretical and computational linguistics at the K.U.Leuven and holds an MBA in international
management from Vlerick Leuven Ghent Business School. He is also a certified senior advisor on STS-based organization design (Flanders
Synergy and Antwerp Management School).
Bernard Mohr
Bernard Mohr is co-founder of Innovation Partners International – a consultancy specializing in positive, high engagement innovation of
business models, culture, governance and work systems in healthcare, post-secondary education, pharmaceuticals, government and other
complex professional service organizations. Bernard helps clients bring multiple (and often opposing) stakeholders together in ways that
create breakthrough implementations of how things get done – the who, the how, the why and where – while building capability for
sustainable value creation. His work integrates Sociotechnical Systems Theory, Design Thinking, Complexity Science and Appreciative Inquiry.
He believes that high performance and joy at work go hand in hand and can be intentionally designed.
Bert Painter
Bert Painter is an independent consulting social scientist and documentary filmmaker. He has facilitated organization design and relationship-
building by employers, unions, and communities across Canada and internationally since 1970. Current consulting work involves the redesign
of a pulp manufacturing process organization, and expansion of an in-situ oil sands operation. Meanwhile, an NSF-funded study of virtual
organization of R&D activities is just being completed with colleagues from the STS Roundtable, while a new film series on The Future of Work
is in development
Betsy Merck
Betsy is the founder of Merck Consulting, Inc., a San Francisco Bay Area consulting firm that over the past 15 years has carried out organization
transformation work with all levels of business enterprises in a variety of industries and sectors. Betsy facilitates strategy development and
organizational alignment using a broad range of participation-based change technologies to enable all relevant stakeholders to effectively
realize success. As a member of a small team, funded by a three year National Science Foundation grant, Betsy’s focus for the past three years
has been research on the impact of virtuality on key deliberations/conversations and the coordination mechanisms necessary to facilitate
those conversations across different stages of innovation.
Brandy Jugandi
Brandy Jugandi is currently completing her Masters in Human Systems Intervention where she is developing her expertise in the psychosocial
dynamics that inform whole organizations, groups, and individuals. In this role of process consultant her skills include facilitation, strategic
planning, leadership development, team development, and individual coaching. She is deeply interested and engaged with activities that
foster a new paradigm of innovative human collaboration that result in happier, healthier, and sustainable well being both collectively and
individually.
Carlye Watson
Carlye has been working as a facilitator and change agent of different varieties for the past ten years in community organizations within and
outside of Montreal. Her passion for process consulting was sparked by an MA in International Development Studies (Saint Mary’s University,
Halifax), which left her thirsty for more concrete skills in bringing about sustainable change in communities and workplaces. She explored and
refined this interest in community change projects for five years, eventually pursuing an MA in Human Systems Intervention at Concordia
University, which she completed in September 2013. One exciting area of new growth is the professional coaching certification she is
undertaking with Mozaik International this Fall. At present, she works in the downtown west Montreal neighbourhood of Peter McGill,
accompanying groups of community partners in building collaborative projects for youth and families, based on the principles of Socio-
Technical Systems, Open Systems Theory, Appreciative Inquiry, among others
Carolyn Ordowich
Carolyn Ordowich has been a practitioner for 30 years and founder of STS Associates, Inc. in Princeton, NJ. Using capabilities in strategic
organization design and participation-based change technologies, Carolyn facilitates large system transformation work with all levels of
enterprise and a wide diversity of stakeholders. Her focus is on the adaptation of organizations through self-design of network organizations,
self-managing teams, coalitional deliberations and participative governance systems. Her current focus is on the intersect of ICT (big and small
data) and organization design.
Catalina Barbarosie
After several years of consulting the Government of Moldova on aspects of development and EU integration, I moved to Canada where I
registered for a Masters in Human Systems Intervention with Concordia University. During the program I discovered Emery and Trist and the
Open Systems Theory, which shed light on some of successes and failures of my previous work. I am currently in the process of setting up a
private practice to promote democratic organizations and healthy workplaces
Chantal Boutin
Chantal Boutin is a Human Resources and Organizational Development expert with more then 15 years of experience as an executive in the
not-for-profit and public sector. She is currently a senior consultant serving Canada School of Public Service (CSPS). She holds a bachelor’s
degree in business administration from HEC Montréal, a Certified General Accountant (CGA-CPA) designation and master’s degree in
organizational development from Concordia University. She specialises in leadership development, organizational effectiveness as well the
improvement of workplace relationships and climate. She also teaches at St-Paul University and La Cité Collégiale in Ottawa and lectures at
Concordia University in MTL
Colin Robertson
Dana Vocisano
David Roitman
Along with Cris Criswell, Bill Duffy, and Ann Majchrzak, Dave Roitman schemed up the STS Roundtable in his Ann Arbor office in 1984. After
Ann Arbor, Dave worked with Cris at Digital Equipment Corporation to create an STS-based consulting group in the heart of a technology
engine. As DEC died, Dave left and over the years has worked for several consulting companies, always striving to foster healthy, humane, and
innovative work organizations. While often selling out, Dave occasionally has been part of the magic that happens when mind, heart, and spirit
combine in workplace collaborative design. Most of his consulting is under the guise of “change management consultant” to corporations. A
long-time activist, he is now focused on Climate Justice and systemic corruption in the U.S. political system. Dave’s wife is one of the world’s
greatest mothers, cooks, and gardeners. His son is currently touring Quebec with Vague de Cirque as juggler, Russian bar & Banquine base,
and all-around great guy.
Dena Duijkers
Dena Duijkers
After obtaining her BA in East Asian Studies and Anthropology from Université de Montréal, Dena spent 15 years in China, where she worked
as an English teacher, translator, cross-cultural facilitator, trekking guide and change agent. Her experience of living and working in
collaboration with a wide cross-section of Chinese society, including social scientists, independent filmmakers, contemporary artists, NGOs
and farmers within the context of a rapidly changing China led her to develop an interest in change, social structure and the construction of
meaning. She is currently wrapping up an MA Human Systems Intervention (HSI) at Concordia University, in hopes of bringing her expertise in
change to the workplace.
Don De Guerre
After a distinguished international career as a consultant and manager working in the private, public service, and non-profit sectors, Dr. de
Guerre is an Associate Professor at Concordia University. His major area of interest is the development of participative governance and
organization and the further development of open systems theory. He teaches in the domains of human systems intervention and action
research and consulting process.
Doug Austrom
Douglas Austrom, Ph.D. is an Adjunct Professor with Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and co-founder of Turning Point Associates,
an Indianapolis-based consulting firm that specializes in strategy deployment, organizational change, leadership development, alliance
management, and organization and network design. Doug has over 25 years of consulting experience with a wide range of organizations. His
research interests include multi-sector issues management alliances and adaptive enterprises.
Doug Gamble
I am retired from the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees International Union (UNITE), where I worked on labor-
management partnerships and workplace design and governance issues. I am on the Board of Directors of Manufacturing Renaissance
(formerly Center for Labor and Community Research) in Chicago, which is developing local and national partnerships of labor, manufacturers,
and government to encourage development of a high road advanced manufacturing sector. I was a steward of the STS Roundtable for six
years.
Eli Berniker
My experience as an organization design consultant dates back to 1968 in Israel with a focus on the kibbutz, its services, and factories. I began
study of STS at UCLA in 1976 and worked as staff on the QWL Short Course from 1977. My dissertation research was on the nature of human
work. My current interests are in designing organizations for high reliability and designing communities for sustainability. I retired from
teaching business in 2010. I have been Secretary-Treasurer of STS RT.
Elise Saint-Aubin
Elise Saint-Aubin - Human Capital practice leader for Eastern Canada specializing in Human Resources Transformation. Broad industry
experience in financial, multimedia, telecommunications, aerospace and healthcare industries as well as labour law within the contexts of
corporate growth, downsizing, and mergers and acquisitions. Passionate about bringing humanity in organizations and driving performance.
Eric-Hans Kramer
Eric-Hans Kramer is associate professor Human Factors & Systems Safety at the Netherlands Defense Academy. His research focuses on
Organizing and Safety issues surrounding the deployment of the Dutch Army in expeditionary missions abroad. At the Academy he teaches
classes in both psychology, philosophy and organization science. He has furthermore worked as an internal organization consultant in the
Army in various change projects for different divisions. His work has been published in (inter)national journals and in a 2007 book entitled
Organizing Doubt. He furthermore co-authored a Dutch students handbook on the Sociotechnical tradition in organization science.
Erik Nicholson
Erik Nicholson is National Vice President of the United Farm Workers (a labor union representing agricultural workers). He has worked with
farmworker organizations in the United States for the past 24 years. In his current capacity, Erik oversees the expansion of the United Farm
Workers internationally and is deeply involved in issues related to worker recruitment. He serves as the Chair of the Equitable Food Initiative
and also is a member of the board of Fair Trade USA. Erik has traveled extensively across Latin America and Asia working with farmworkers
and their employers to identify opportunities to create value. Prior to his work with farmworkers, he worked for two and a half years in Central
America documenting human rights abuses.
Ezra Dessers
Ezra Dessers is an assistant professor and a senior researcher at the Centre for Sociological Research (CeSO) of the KU Leuven. He spent the
past six months as a visiting researcher at the School of Public Health of the National University of Singapore. Ezra has been involved in various
research projects in the field of sociotechnical systems, workplace innovation, organisational design, inter-organisational networks, and
information technology. He is the project manager of CORTEXS, a 4-year, multidisciplinary and multi-method research project on integrated
care in Flanders (Belgium). Ezra is also involved in KIO, which is a consortium of universities and university colleges entrusted with the scientific
support and evaluation of 'living lab' projects in the domain of elderly care.
Fode Beaudet
Fodé Beaudet is a learning advisor at the Centre for Intercultural Learning (CIL) which is part of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and
Development Canada. He designs and facilitates workshops in several countries based on experiential and adult learning approaches.
Previously, Fodé has also been involved with the Berkana institute, namely through a project assuming that life-affirming leadership was
already present in Africa.
He has a B.A. in Finance, a certificate in Adult Education and completing a M.A. in Human Systems Intervention (Concordia University).
He has authored two books; an essay, A Caminho de Mim (2004), published in Portugal and a collection of short stories, Dormons, l’éveil sera
brutal (2011).
Friso van der Meulen
I work for TNO, an independent Dutch research organization. My field of expertise is sociotechnical ICT: how to design information systems
that really support knowledge workers in their daily work. I also work on a TNO research project about Workplace Innovation, currently
focusing on intrapreneurship.
Geert Van Hootegem
Geert Van Hootegem is co-founder of Prepared Mind, a consulting firm specialized in Total Workplace Innovation. He is a senior full professor
of Sociology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), teaching organizational design and change management. Van Hootegem is highly
regarded as an organizational advisor, supporting companies and social profit organizations in complex redesign and change programs. He is
the founder of Flanders Synergy, a Belgian network of organizations that promotes workplace innovation.
Hakim Benichou
Hakim Benichou graduated with honours in 2013 as a Master in Public Management. His thesis was about the application of workplace
innovation in a government agency focusing on preventive treatment and guidance of young children. He is currently working as a doctoral
researcher in the field of workplace innovation in elderly care. His research takes place in ‘Care living labs’ that wants to support care
initiatives which treat all aspects of care for the elderly, including prevention ( e.g. prevention of social vulnerability, increasing living quality),
awareness, detection, intervention and care. Care living labs have an economical and/or societal goal. It is important to keep the welfare
system sustainable , while keeping the same quality level of care for individual elderly people. Hakim is also a student partner in the RCRC,
Relational Coordination Research Collaborative, headed by Jody Hoffer Gittell.
Héctor Cadena
Héctor is a Creative Advisor, Art Director and co-founder of IMIXcoCREATION. He is interested in sustainability, the planet, and ethics. Héctor
enjoys finding different ways to re-cycle, re-use, and re-purpose all kind of objects. Héctor holds a Bachelor degree in Graphic Design and has
extensive experience in teaching creativity, graphic design and graphic communication. He's currently working as a creative consultant, graphic
designer, graphic recorder, and group facilitator. He has created cultural campaigns for international companies and has been responsible for
the creation of corporate image for several national and international companies and organizations in Mexico and Canada.
Helen Maupin
Helen has a Masters in Applied Social Psychology and for over 25 years has helped people and businesses come to life around the world. Helen
transforms individuals, enterprises and communities through collaborative, engaging and consensus-building process design. She enables
clients to balance a quadruple bottom line--people, purpose, planet and prosperity. Helen facilitates whole person and whole system strategic
transformation by jointly optimizing social and technical requirements to obtain sustainable outcomes and to create happy, healthy, humane
workplaces and communities.
As a transformational coach, organization consultant, writer and speaker, Helen has an uncanny ability to see what lies around the corner in
business. A long-time yoga and meditation practitioner, Helen blogs weekly on ‘transforming fear to Joy.’
Ike Overdiep
Since 4 years, Ike Overdiep is working in a small research and consulting bureau ‘Opus 8’, focusing on qualification and work. Before she
worked in in a larger consultancy bureau, for the national government (education department), in politics and in the trade union. Her main
experience and knowledge is on themes concerning qualification and social dialogue on qualification and labour market policy. Currently
working on a new (intersectoral) examn programme for pre-vocational education (vmbo) as independent chair; sectoral programme on
employability, training and work- to work schemes in the metalindustry (anti-crisis program); new collective agreement in primary education,
independent chair in the process of innovation of the collective agreement. Especially interested in principles and methods of decision making
in complex processes; the dynamics between process and content in organizational changes and in concrete experiences of colleagues.
Indira Trejo
Indira Trejo, is the new addition to the United Farm Workers (UFW) team as the Global Impact Coordinator. She joined the UFW after
graduating with a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics and a minor in Human Rights - from the University of Washington, Tacoma (UWT).
She was born in Riverside, CA and raised in a small town in Veracruz, Mexico. She worked for six years in the Insurance industry, and later took
time off from her career to complete her bachelor’s degree In her college career she discovered her dedication and enthusiasm for human
rights and justice. As a result, she founded the Latino Student Union (LSU) at UWT, in which she helped empower and organize students,
bringing them together, engaging them in discussions, and putting forward innovative ideas about issues that impact Latinos in our
communities including immigrant labor rights.
Her passion, competence and spirit brings new ideas to the UFW team, helping improve the lives and working conditions of farms workers
globally. Indira, currently resides in Tacoma, WA with her mom Maria, and her dog Xuxa.
Jac Christis
I am an associate professor at the Radboud University Nijmegen and a full professor at the Hanze University of Applied Science in Groningen. I
work on organization and job design from a sociotechnical perspective (as developed by Ulbo de Sitter). My research concerns the application
of these principles in SME’s, the healthcare sector and higher education. I’ am interested in integrating operations management, lean and
sociotechnical systems theory from a system theoretical perspective. At the practical level I designed instruments that help teams (1) to
monitor work pressure and (2) to monitor competence development (a simple alternative for the complex standard forms of competence
management).
Jacinthe Bergevin
Jacinthe Bergevin draws on 30 years of experience providing prompt, informed and pragmatic services to organizations from the private and
public sectors as well as from the non-profit sector across Canada. She holds a master’s degree in Organizational Development from
Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, California. She blends proven methodologies and tools with innovative approaches to respond
proactively to the new organizational and leadership challenges and to deliver results.
Jacinthe has managed and supported teams and organizations in small and large scale transformation initiatives impacting anywhere from 10
to 14,000 employees. Some of her past projects include strategic planning, implementation of ERP's, implementation of new technologies,
new management culture, modernization of work places and tools, organization redesign, new business processes, etc. Jacinthe has played
key leadership roles on a number of project teams.
James Lapalme
Dr. James Lapalme is an enterprise architecture and engineering scholar and consultant. Through his work, he strives to help leaders and
workers achieve innovative and sustainable enterprises. Dr. Lapalme possesses a multidisciplinary background in computer science, software
engineering, organizational transformation and community development
Jamie Padilla
She is the Global Impact Advocate, United Farm Workers of America. Jamie Padilla has been on staff with the United Farm Workers since
January of 2009. She has played a key role in the union’s growth strategy, researching California’s most labor-intensive agricultural industries
and relevant policy issues in order pave the way toward successful worker organizing where it is most needed. She currently collaborates with
her teammates in the UFW’s Alternative Representation Models department to devise innovative ways to empower farm workers across the
globe and create added value in agricultural supply chains.
Jean Fuller
I am a practitioner that uses STS, OST and VSM methodologies as the basis for the improvement of organization performance toward the triple
bottom line – needs of customers, employees and shareholders. I combine the above with lean/six sigma, dialogic organisation development,
change management, union/management relations and management and leadership development. I’ve been developing this practice since
1980. My academic training is in sociology and organisation development.
Jean Neumann
Jean Neumann operates as both practitioner and academic in those fields that blend organisational development and change, consultancy,
and related change management careers. Currently Senior Fellow in Scholarly Practice for The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (TIHR) in
London, Jean was a founding faculty on their advanced organizational consultancy programme (1992-2008). After serving as Assistant Editor of
TIHR’s Human Relations (1989-1998), Jean subsequently accepted a role as Associate Editor for NTL Institute’s Journal of Applied Behavioral
Science. Visiting Faculty at Cranfield University’s School of Management, she researches dynamics of leading change from the middle. Jean’s
publications enact her dual intentions of using practice to inform better organizational change theory, and using academe to improve quality
and integrity of consultancy and change management inside social systems. In private practice, Jean provides individual consultation for other
consultants and change managers, drawing on her accumulated experience with over 450 change projects since 1971.
Jean-Philippe Bouchard
Jean-Philippe Bouchard, MS, CRHA, PCC has been an organizational development (OD) consultant since 1996 and a executive coach since 2008.
He specialises in leadership development and workplace climate improvement. He has a bachelor's degree in business administration from
HEC Montreal and a master's degree in OD from Concordia University. He has trained and coached dozens of managers of all levels on
leadership, interpersonal communication, psychological harassment, conflict management and work team performance. His clients are large
public and private organisations. His approach revolves around meaning, authenticity and creativity and he aspires to support organizations in
developing and putting in place a culture of collaboration. He offers all his services in English and French.
Joe Martinez
Joe Martinez is currently the International Labor Advocate/Mexico Program Director for the United Farm Workers (UFW). He coordinates and
directs all the union’s activities in the country of Mexico and assists in coordinating the UFW’s international work directly under Erik Nicholson.
Joe Martinez has coordinated and participated in the project Jornaleros SAFE which is dedicated to identifying and documenting the problems
relating to recruitment and dispatch of H-2A workers in Mexico. Joe has used this information to push for legislation change in Mexico and the
United States. He has worked closely with NGOs, the US and foreign governments to address issues related to how farm workers are recruited
and dispatched to the United States and establish labor agreements between Mexican State governments and the United Farm Workers. This
has led Joe to create CERT which is an international recruitment, training and dispatch center for farmworkers. He is based in Tacoma, WA.
Joe Norton
Joseph J. Norton, Ph.D. is an Organization and Talent Development Professional in Atlanta, GA. Joe has 20+ years of experience leading large
scale organizational change as an internal and external consultant. He has led the design and execution of integrated supply chains, high
performing work systems, leadership development and succession systems, targeted selection systems, and numerous business process, work
and organizational redesign efforts. Prior to joining Coca-Cola in 1997, Joe worked for Unilever North American Foods, Lipton, and Monsanto.
He is a member of the Socio Technical Systems Round Table, Society of Organizational Learning, and the American Psychological Association.
Josée Blaquière
With over 30 years’ experience as an internal and external organizational development consultant, trainer and executive coach, Josée has
worked with various functions and levels of management in public organisation and private industries. Her areas of expertise include strategic
planning and organizational learning, transformation and change management, leadership and team development, employee engagement,
performance management and enhancement. Josée graduated from American University (Washington D.C.) in Organization Development and
from Montreal University in Industrial Relations.
Karin
Kevin Boyle
Kevin Boyle is principal of Boyle & Associates and current President of Board of Stewards for STS Roundtable Inc. Kevin has done International
organization consulting in various industries, labor, nonprofit and governmental organizations. With 30 years of trade union leadership
experience Kevin works to balance the interests of management, labor and communities. Kevin resides in Corvallis, OR where he enjoys fly
fishing, hiking, skiing and biking.
Khurshida Mambetova
Khurshida Mambetova is an organizational development consultant. She has many-year experience in strategic planning and organizational
development, monitoring and evaluation, qualitative data collection and analysis, training development, research and report writing. Prior to
launching my independent consultancy practice, Khurshida has worked for such international organizations as UNESCO, International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and Doctors without borders (MSF). She has also volunteered and worked as an organizational
development consultant for some Montreal-based nonprofits. Khurshida was a Board Member of the Centre for community organizations
(Montreal). Khurshida has the graduate diploma in Human Resource Management from McGill University and she is currently doing my second
year of the master’s degree program (Human System Interventions, Concordia University).
Kristin Cobble
Kristin Cobble is a co-founder and president of Groupaya. She has 20+ years’ experience helping C-level leaders , teams, organizations, and
multi-stakeholder groups realize their potential through thinking bigger about what’s possible and then making it a reality.
Prior to founding Groupaya, Kristin spent four years at Monitor and Global Business Network, helping clients to re-perceive and embrace
uncertainty in order to achieve sustainable success through scenario thinking. She also spent two years as the Director of Strategic Change for
Banana Republic, partnering with the president to create a high-performing leadership team as well as a more innovative and collaborative
organizational culture. Her organizational development career began at Innovation Associates, co-founded by Peter Senge.
Kristin is a Wellesley graduate, studied at the London School of Economics, and is certified as a New Ventures West Coach. She has authored
articles on organizational learning, systems thinking, conflict and coaching. She is also an emeritus board member of Global Footprint Network,
an international environmental NGO.
Laura Jacobs
Laura Jacobs has a Masters Degree in Sociology and a Masters Degree in Management. She was a researcher for 4,5 year at HIVA, a research
institute which is part of the University of Leuven. Within this institute she was involved in labour market themes, especially social economy,
employment measures and health care. In April 2014 she started working with Flanders Synergy as junior project leader, where she is involved
in a project within health care, as well as a project concerning inter-organisational co-operation/temporary teams.
Marcela Urteaga
Marcela Urteaga is an organizational consultant passionate about learning and change, co-founder of IMIXcoCREATION. She holds a BA in
Human Relations and an MA in Human Systems Intervention, as well as certificates in Organizational Development, Coaching, Leadership, and
Sustainable Happiness.
Marcela has 18 years of corporate experience in Organizational Development, Training, Change Management and Human Resources, in large
multinational companies such as Monster, Panasonic and FEMSA. She led the teams responsible for HR planning, talent management,
organizational transformation and customer service. Marcela has been facilitating workshops and group sessions (live and online) since 1994,
in Mexico, U.S.A. and Canada, to help individuals, communities and corporations develop their competencies and access their inner wisdom.
Mark Govers
Dr. Mark JG Govers (1967) is an out-of-the-box thinker from The Netherlands with a PhD in management sciences. He works at the
intersection between developing, applying and teaching knowledge focused on socio-technical issues. Since 2006, he is an academic scholar at
Maastricht University. As visiting professor, he lectures information, management and organizational science in The Netherlands and in
Colombia and Peru. Besides his academic work, he is a senior advisor at his own consultancy firm called Archypel Consulting. Projects are
related to re-balancing the intersection between structures, cultures, people and IT systems. Besides projects, he enjoys helping managers and
leaders with organizational and managerial issues. He is well known for giving challenging and entertainment lectures and workshops, which
he calls “knowledge-tainment”.
Michèle Leblanc
Michele has held senior positions including being the Canadian Director of Bahlsen, a global German Bakery and Vice President of The Mentor
Group, a computer assisted training firm. Her consulting practice has focused on organizational design, which enables her to bring insight and
understanding of the structural, cultural and other internal barriers people experience, in order to build bridges to healthier thriving
environments.
She is a passionate coach who brings out the best in people by seeing their unique talents. With an appreciative approach, she connects her
clients to their strengths and the important contributions they make to their teams, their organization and their field.
Michele has also developed and facilitated workshops on leadership for some of North America’s largest organizations. Her current interest is
to partner with leaders to explore how they can have a more powerful and inspiring influence towards a triple bottom line of profit, people
and the planet. She works in both French and English and is appreciated for her intuitive, dynamic and participative approach
Nina Gregg
Nina has worked for 20+ years with community and social justice organizations, unions, and educational institutions to create opportunities
for organizational learning, strengthening capacity for collaboration, inclusion, adaptation and sustainability. She uses action-learning, popular
education and participatory approaches to organizational change, governance, strategy, group process, planning, evaluation, and leadership.
Nina has served on numerous STS Roundtable Design Teams, was part of the STS RT Phoenix project, and was the first coordinator of the STS
Writing Roundtable. Recent clients include the National Coalition for Literacy, Highlander Research and Education Center, Berea College, and
AFSCME District Council 57. Nina is a member of the United Association for Labor Education and US Coordinator for the International Ethics &
Responsibility Forum. She has also worked as a summer camp kitchen helper, housekeeper, mailroom manager, co-director of a community
organization and university professor.
Pamela Posey
Pam Is founder and principal of Eyes on Performance in Everett, WA. She has been consulting in strategic planning, alignment and
organization design for over 25 years. She has worked in manufacturing, service sector, and not for profits. She is widely published in a
variety of journals, including Harvard Business Review. Her current focus in is education systems where she supports strategic alignment of
organizational processes and systems.
Peter Sorenson
Pete is an independent strategic organization design and change management consultant, coach, and social entrepreneur.
He is known for his ability to see the big picture, make sense of messes, and lead teams through the resolution of complex issues. He relates
well to people from all stations of life, speaks frankly, and has a practical eye for getting things done.
Pete’s consulting and coaching practice focuses on crafting strategy, intentionally designing organizations (with webs of intangible assets),
creating change, and assessing what works. Pete also designs and facilitates meetings and coaches executives to support those practice focus
points. As a social entrepreneur Pete also works to create economic and social self-reliance for individuals, families, and organizations in both
the developing and developed world. BA Behavioral Sciences - University of Washington (1976). MA Organizational Behavior Brigham Young
University (1979). Certified Management Consultant® (CMC®) (2002)
Peter Turgoose
Peter T. has over 30 years of experience of applying behavioural psychology in a business context. He is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist
who has worked with, and held senior HR Director positions in, leading organisations in the UK, Mainland Europe, and the USA.
Peter brings a unique blend of knowledge and experience to the design, planning and deployment of change strategies, which deliver
measurable and sustained improvements to business performance.
Peter’s expertise is in the development of innovative strategies that change organisational capabilities and behaviours. He has brought this to
bear in organisations addressing; major M&A activity, large-scale IT implementations, liberalisation of their market place, product and service
substitution, significant cost challenges. Peter is in demand as a speaker on postgraduate business psychology programmes, and as an
individual coach to senior business leaders.
Pierre Van Amelsvoort
Pierre van Amelsvoort was inspired during his study by Ulbo de Sitter about STS and quality of working life. Since 1980 he is working as a
consultant and academic researcher in implementing the STS philosophy in different industries such as care and cure, education, services and
manufacturing in the Netherlands and Belgium. He wrote several books and articles about STS practices. Now he is partner in the
Sociotechnical consulting group, professor at the University of Leuven and chairman of the Ulbo de Sitter Institute, the STS roundtable in the
Netherlands and Belgium.
Ray Dyck
Ray Dyck is a design practitioner who has worked in both line management and senior Organization Design capacities across a number of
industries including: oil & gas, electronics, contract manufacturing, and retail. His focus is on practical, people-centered approaches to enable
significant and sustainable improvements in both business performance and quality of working life. In particular, Ray led one of the largest
concurrent STS implementations in North America. He now helps run and grow an innovative natural vitamin/supplement business.
Sabrina Bonfonti
Sabrina is a process consultant, helping organizations and communities work democratically to: engage with their vision, improve meetings,
connect better internally and with stakeholders, do participatory planning and harness dynamic tensions to achieve goals.
Sabrina is passionate about transformational change – in people, organizations and society. She has over 17 years of experience as a
community organizer and facilitator working on social, cultural and ecological issues in diverse settings, including work with First Nations
communities. Sabrina identifies as a queer woman, committed to creating inclusive spaces.
Sam Pless
Sam Pless attained his Master in Sociology (KU Leuven) in 2013. He specialized in the majors Social Policy and Culture & Religion. His master
thesis concerned the history of madness and its scientization, with specific attention for its validation. Since November 2013, he has been
working for the Centre for Sociological Research, division Work and Organisation. Sam focuses on the structure of care- and work processes
within and between care organisations for CORTEXS. CORTEXS is a multidisciplinary research project concerned with integrating care for
people with complex and chronic diseases.
Seth Maenen
Seth Maenen has obtained a doctoral degree in social science. He wrote a doctoral dissertation on the organization and project management
of offshore software development projects. From 2002 to 2012 he worked at Geert Van Hootegem’s research section ‘sociology of work and
organization’ (KU Leuven, Belgium). Since 2012 he is working at Flanders Synergy, which is a public-private partnership for promoting
workplace innovation in the Flemish economy. In his work Seth aspires to encourage organizations rethink their organizational design and to
assist consultants who work to implement streamlined organizations and healthy workplaces.
Solime Gaboriault
Solime has a passion for organizational development. He is particularly enthusiastic about innovative approaches requiring the renewal of
management practices.
Holding a M.Sc. in management from HEC Montréal, he has worked as organizational development consultant for over 10 years both as in-
house counsel as well as external consultant for Robichaud Council, Hydro-Québec and Cirque du Soleil.
His approach is characterized by inspirational and mobilizing factors generating long-term performance enhancements. Recently, he decided
to join forces with Jacinthe Bergevin to form a new consulting firm with an emphasis on creative approaches to organizational development
and real-time change management.
Sylvie Boermans
Sylvie-Nuria Noguer
Sylvie-Nuria Noguer more than 20 years of experience in sustainability services in Canada and in France where she has been leading Deloitte
Sustainability services for 5 years. With Cariatis that she founded in 2011, she works as a certified coach, facilitator, and consultant with
corporations and local governments. Her practice is inspired by different approaches such as NonViolent Communication and mediation, as
well as collaborative processes, such as open space, appreciative inquiry and world café.
She teaches Sustainability for MBA students at McGill University and HEC Montreal.
Sylvie-Nuria holds an engineer degree from ENSAM (France), with a specialization in social psychology in industrial backgrounds. She also holds
a Master degree in business administration, a Master degree in environmental engineering and management, and a university degree of
mediator from the Catholic Institute of Paris.
Tristan Khaner
Tristan works at Concordia University helping employees move through large-scale change initiatives, and is also a yoga teacher. After his
undergraduate degree in Commerce, he is now finishing his Masters degree in Human Systems Intervention. Some of Tristan’s interests
include acrobatic yoga, somatic learning experiences, breathing in Rocky Mountain air, and thinking and reading about human system
dynamics.
Valérie Lanctôt-Bédard
Valerie has been a trainer in interpersonnal communication and a consultant in since 2003. She offers trainings, mediation and groups conflict
management services, as well as personal and professional coaching services. She works with a diversified clientele, from families
to organizations. She puts her 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur, a teacher and a therapist in the service of her clientele, under a
whole array of possibilities for support and learning opportunities. She is certified as a trainer with the international Center for Nonviolent
Communication (CNVC.org). She has a master’s program in ADR at Sherbrooke University’s Law Department.
Wim Sprenger
Wim Sprenger spent many years in the trade union movement as a trainer/consultant, policy officer and researcher. Main fields of interest
and activity were: union policies on changing organizations, quality of work, qualification and employability, flexibility and security. Since 2000
he is an independent researcher focusing on labour market developments, corporate restructuring, continuous qualification, innovation of
workplaces and (eco-)systems. Favourite themes: unions boxing and dancing, from management to anticipation of restructuring, how to
involve small companies and the value chain in analysis and design. He is president of the IRENE network (Innovative Restructuring European
Network of Experts - active since 2003) and fascinated about the various relations and parallels between (improvised) music and workplace
design.
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